"I think we are past Munich now," one unnamed European diplomat told Politico, referring to Britain's 1938 appeasement of Adolf Hitler. The diplomat continued, "We realize that appeasement is not the right policy anymore," apparently suggesting that Europeans must stand up to Trump, who they see in the role of the new Hitler. Another European diplomat anonymously told Politico, "Our American Dream is dead. Donald Trump has murdered it." Others, only slightly less dramatically, warned of "dark times" to come.
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Here's the thing. If Davos was a wake-up call for European leaders, it was a wake-up call to tell them they should have listened to Trump for the last decade...
First, Trump told Europe: You're killing yourself with mass migration. Stop. Second, Trump told NATO: You've got to spend more on your own defense. Third, Trump told the European Union: You're hurting yourselves with draconian regulations. And fourth, Trump told former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others: Don't build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It's a terrible idea to depend on Putin's Russia for your energy.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4432331/europeans-better-off-if-they-listened-to-trump/
Here's the thing. If Davos was a wake-up call for European leaders, it was a wake-up call to tell them they should have listened to Trump for the last decade...
First, Trump told Europe: You're killing yourself with mass migration. Stop. Second, Trump told NATO: You've got to spend more on your own defense. Third, Trump told the European Union: You're hurting yourselves with draconian regulations. And fourth, Trump told former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others: Don't build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. It's a terrible idea to depend on Putin's Russia for your energy.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4432331/europeans-better-off-if-they-listened-to-trump/
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